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Stop Australia's Wildlife Slaughter!

6.5 million kangaroos are shot annually in Australia !!!http://www.kangaroolives.com – Protest against kangaroo slaughter in Australia with photographs by Ray Drew. (warning: disturbing images)
What a shame for this country! Australia is the biggest wildlife abuser in the world.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

On 25 March my ex-wife, Maria, and I marked 10 years since we landed in Sydney with two backpacks and the money to buy one decent DSLR body with a couple of lenses.
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and Ibis were friendlier than the people and greeted us with 'Good morning'.

These 10 years were hard. There were many changes and huge disappointments.
The one thing that has not changed at all is our fascination with the Australian wildlife.

To celebrate our 10-th anniversary in this country we went to a small zoo which we once visited in 2003 – Koala Park Sanctuary in Pennant Hills, NSW.

Zoos always make me very sad... but this one is kind of OK.
I usually don't go to zoos and this is the first time when I'm publishing zoo photos on the pages of this bloG. I thought that the photos turned up quite nice and with the wild Koalas quickly losing habitat it is very likely that I'll never get a chance to photograph one in its natural environment.

Koalas and Easren Grey Kangaroo in Koala Park Sanctuary, NSW

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Sunday, December 23, 2012

I haven't photographed Koel chicks before, so this was kind of exciting. There were 3 of them in a couple of fig trees in a suburban park, fed by Little Wattlebird foster parents. The male Koel was calling from a nearby tree.

Asutralian Koel Chicks, NSW

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I have already lived long enough in this country to not be surprised by the atrocities done to the native and introduced animals.

It is very disappointing that the majority of people who consider themselves good are so incredibly passive and ready to accept without questioning everything that they are being fed with by authorities or commercial media.
Most of my friends' (they are my friends, because we share, more or less, similar values) reactions to the news about the dispersal were: "Oh well... This is a controversial issue..." and they repeated what they have heard on the radio or TV. Very disappointing.

In situations like this I can't chase away the feeling that Western democracies are getting weaker and weaker every year with citizens becoming numb, apathetic and brainwashed by consumerism. Isn't that sad?

As the issue is 'controversial' I'm leaving comments under this post open.

Monday, June 11, 2012

I prefer the old black paint.
As a professional designer and animator I don't quite like how the girl image is drawn. But it is not that important. What is really important are the missions these vessels go to and the results they are achieving.

MV Brigitte Bardot in Sydney, 9 Jun 2012

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

I met a friend at the Sydney Botanic Gardens. We had coffee, a nice walk and spotted the two owls. We looked at the bats, but light was harsh, sky was bright and the only reason I took this photo was just to remember the beautiful combination - pink blossom, green leaves and orange Flying Foxes.

I went to the gardens last Saturday after taking some photos of the Sea Shepherd ships docked at Circular Quay.

I thought there would probably be fewer bats this time.

There wasn't even one!

The Gardens felt deserted, empty and dead.
The cockatoos must have been scared by the noises too. Only the big owl was there as his fig is relatively far from where the bat colony used to be. There were ibises and cormorants in the pond.

For the nearly 10 years since I first came to Sydney I have taken the bats for granted. I've considered them to be one of the most unusual an exciting features of this city, a sign that its people can coexist with wildlife better than most others.

I've always thought that some day I'll get a better camera and lens, will find the ideal weather and light and will take amazing photos of bats in flight. This will never happen.
Here are three of the better Flying Fox photos from the past. Let's say 'Good bye' to them. I'm very sad.

Grey-headed Flying Foxes, NSW

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

This one is not better than the previously posted images. What is special about it? Well... this is a different owl, roosting in a different part in the Botanic Gardens. Today I spotted the two of them.

Powerful Owl, NSW

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I am an animator and wildlife photography is something that I enjoy in my spare time.

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